Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet and paratrooper units on full alert, state media report, in response to aggressive anti-Russian NATO drills held in Poland. Putin issued the order as part of snap military drills, RIA news agency cited Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying on Monday. The report added that around 40,000 servicemen, 41 warships,... 

The Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine seen during the ceremony of St.Andrew’s flag-hoisting in the Sevmash shipyards, Severodvinsk. Russia is planning to deploy nuclear ballistic missile submarines to the southern seas for the first time since a 20-year break that followed the collapse of the USSR, sources told Russian media. Starting from 2014, Russia is going to expand its strategic...